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TRANSIT PROTEST
SPEEDS MAYOR TO
ACTION ON LEASES
Pledges That Public Shall
Decide After Hearing
All the Facts
HANCOCK'S ERROR SHOWN
Assurances from Mayor Smith that (ho
co-operative agreement between the city
and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit for the
alteration ot the subway and elevated lines
i will be submitted to the people at a aeries
ot nubile meetings before any lease Is rati
Hod, served lo reawaken the hope today
that the Taylor plan would be put through
finally without mutilation.
Alarmed apparently by the storm which
threatened to break over the plan to bring
an outside expert to the city to aid In the
lease conferences, both the Mayor and the
two other city directors on the transit di
rectorate. Colonel Sheldon Potter and Wit
Mlam Hancock, hastened to pledge a. square
deal for the people and to promise that
there would be no delay.
Mr. Hancock, when confronted with ab
solute, proof of the Incorrectness of his
statements before the United Business Men's
Association on Thursday night, to the effect
that the only agreement between the city
and the transit company was a train con
versation between former Transit Director
i A. Merritt Taylor and Kills Ames Ballard,
chief counsel for the company, admitted he
was so excited that he could not remember
Just what he had said.
"X will stand simply on the 1914 agree
ment, which the transit officials ratified
and put up to tho Union Traction Com
pany." was the only comment of Mr. Taylor
on Mr. Hancock's statement that there
was no such contract
PLAN OUTLINED.
A.s further proof that Mr. Hancock Is
misinformed, supporters of Mr. Taylor
pointed to the letter sent on May 28, 1914,
to the transit company directorate by an
executive committee consisting of Horatio
a. Lloyd and President Thomas E. Mitten.
This letter follows:
On behalf ot E. T. Stotesbury and
ourselves we present herewith outline
of a plan ot rapid transit development
by the city and the company, which
has been formulated after extended
conferences with representatives of the
city administration and city councils.
In the opinion ot all ot us It will
give the cltlzsna the fullest opportunity
of enjoying the very large Investment
to he mads by the city and the com
pany In the new development and at
tho same time offer a Just and fair
condition ot the problems which the
changed conditions ot travel will pre
sent. Ab the Union Taction Company Is
Interested In the matter, and as Its co
operation Is essential, we recommend
that a committee be appointed to take
up the questions with a like commit.
tee of the Union Traction Company.
MAYOR'S PROMISE
The expression from Mayor Smith on the
general situation came after a conference
late yesterday afternoon among the three
city representatives on tho P. It. T. director
ate. Director Twining and Finance Com
mittee Chairman Caffney.
'The conditions whtch exist in the pro
posed agreement are simple," said the
Mayor". "The city must make a proposition
to the Transit company, and the city's rep
resentatives ot the transit directorate must
formulate such an agreement. We are at
work on that now and wo propose to avail
ourselves ot the most expert assistance
which t Is possible to obtain.
. "But after all it Is the people who have
' the final say. Therefore, when the confer
ences Which now are being held are con
cluded and an agreement has been formu
lated It will be turned over to the people
for their disposition.
"In other words, when the city's repre
sentatives have reached the point where
they are able to make a tangible and defi
nite recommendation the people will be
called upon to discuss that recommendation,
to amend it If a change Is necessary and
to so formulate it that it will represent the
popular will.
WILL OP THE PEOPLE
"Wlun the final draft of an agreement
Is submitted to the Transit company It Is
proposed to havo that agreement represent
the absolute will of the people themselves.
There has been widespread Interest in the
transit situation, there has bean much pub
lic discussion of it; the publlo is well In
formed on all details of the construction
and development plan to which the city
Is absolutely committed by the votes ot the
people.
"They by their votes decided Just what
lines were to be built and how, and' now
they shall In like measure decide just what
terms are to be offered to the Transit com
pany. Of course, the city's representatives
on the transit board must lay before the
people something to work on, a form of
agreement which represents their views as
they now exist. But the people, whose rep
resentatives we merely are, are the real
power.and have the final authority, and It Is
" ( they who will prepare the agreement In Its
:, final form.
"Just as soon as the city directors can
prepare their recommendations tp the people
the publlo meetings will be called and they
will be held as long as thero Js any one who
aeelre to be heard. We are making splen
did progress and I believe It will be but a
short time until the first of those meetings
ean be held."
walking near Brldgeton, N 3, Tuesday
morning, he encountered a man making
some minor repairs on an automobile. The
writer said he wan sure the man was
Oraveur, as he looked like the picture tit
the dead man In the newspaper. There
was no woman with the man, the writer
concluded.
LE DUC PRAtSUS roLicn
Le Due, at fTst Irritated by the police
guard over his wife, today expressed him
self as more than satisfied by the treatment
accorded him by the police, who, ho said,
had shown him many unexpected courtesies.
Concerning the reported friction existing
between tho Coroner's office and tho detec
tives assigned to the case Coroner Knight
today said i
"I have no fault to find with the detec
tives and am perfectly satisfied. The story
that we were not In harmony Is untrue.
It was not authorised by me."
Captain Tate said
"The detectives and the Coroner's men
have worked In perfect harmony "
The police learned that Mrs. l.c Due,
while In New York, telephoned almost dally
to the Alhambra Oarage, of which (Iraveur
was proprietor
The detectives also located n lawyer who
Is a close friend of ths dend man Ills
story as given to Detective Callahan Is as
followst
"Joe Oraveur told me that he had a new
friend and thai she was class, He told me
that he was" golnrr to take a trip with her
I told him thst he would get Into serious
trouble through his attentions to women,
and advised him to cease his attentions
to the new flame.
" 'No,' he said, 'she Is too classy for me
to quit now. She Is n blonde and her hus
band Is a big buslnes3 man. Last rr'isy
I went down to hls.rarse-. and he said to
mo: 'I'm going to take that trip, and sn
Is with me. She Is In the car now. Want
to come along and meet her?' I refused the
Introduction, and he left me and droe
away,"
WAR CRUSHES GERMAN
HOPE OF EXPANSION
Continued from Tare One
ultimate destiny that which Is forecast for
Bulgaria; for It Bulgaria and her allies
could win, Oreecs, hating abandoned all
that she has eternally disputed with Bul
garia, would, through her very passlveness,
find herself confronted by a victorious na
tion which could, and very likely would,
crowd her Into a rocky corner of the penin
sula. Upon the other hand, with all Indi
cations pointing to ultimate allied victory,
what value to a passive Greece would be
the protection of a Pan-Ocrmanlc hege
mony? "Serbia and Rumania, when tho Allies
win, as they will, will become automatical
ly the Important Balkan Powers. Tho Penin
sula Is large enough to satisfy their legiti
mate ambitions. An allied victorious Eu
rope, holding Jointly the balance of power,
will need Serbian and Rumanian co-operation
and will not hesitate. I think, in fos
tering alms for the eternal pursuit of a
happiness that will favor these two na
tions seeking the same goal. I believe It
a certainty that the victorious Allies will
see to It very carefully that, touching upon
the frontiers of Germanic countries, strong
and vigorous Powers become genuine reali
ties. "The Germanic dream of a llltlel Eu
ropa' had just one chance of realization
the support and co operation upon tho Bal
kan peninsula of a Power sufficiently strong
to servo as a bridge to the Orient. Only
two of the Balkan States could serve this
purpose Bulgaria and Rumania.
"The Central Powers chose Bulgaria, and
In the choosng relegated Rumania for all
time, from their point of view, to the posi
tion ot a second-rate Balkan Power, pro
vided they wan the war. But, by the same
coup, they started the wedge that opened
the gap through which Rumania has en
tered the camp of the Allies. Thero Is not
enough earth on the peninsula for a great
nnd powerful Bulgaria and a great and
powerful Rumania, side by side. A strong
Bulgaria would fatally crush an Inactlvo
nnd powerless Rumania. Rumania, In the
pursuit of her own happiness, has seen the
forecast and chosen. The Hulcarian dream
of a little time past, her dream at the time
of entering the war, has vanished into thin
air.
"Hungary, too, is lost. She already sees
the hand of fate reaching out toward her.
She thought. In leaning upon the German,
to dominate through the Germanized Aus
trian. The people which Bismarck called
'Ies cavaliers tzlganes' have been overtaken
by the vertigo of their waltz with Ger
many. Due to their mediocre ethnological
Importance, they had but one chance for
survival as a people: to show by word and
deed and action that they were 'good Euro
peans.' They chose otherwise, and now And
themselves between the maws of Slavic and
Rumanian Jaws. Their true cousins, the
Turks, will go down to political nothing
ness with them.
"So the battles now being fought In the
Balkans have a far greater aim than the
mere defeat of Teutonla allied forces. Their
end and aim are the cutting of the Gordlan
knot of European politics the problem of
the Balkans.
"In the new Europe now dawning, the
newly reconstructed victorious Powers will
and must be strong In order to guard
eternally against common enemies and safe
guard the stability ot state and the inde
pendence of nations that they will have
bought in the victory of right over might."
PHILADELPHIANS ON THE RIVER SOMME IN FRANCE
MRS. LE DUC WILL BE
FREED, CORONER SAYS
Continued from raft One
Mrs. Le Duo and the story she told. We
believe that she was an Innocent actor In
the tragedy. It goes without saying that
we are sorry to have been brought Into this
muddle, but wo will stick by her through
thick and thin. I will vouch for anything
fliat she says."
La Due, more cheerful than he was yes
terday, when the strain began to furrow
Ma face with haggard lines; joined Reutlln
gr In explaining Mrs. Le Duc'a presence
with. Oravwr,
"Oraveur wa tired of Mrs. Belxer," he
aid. "She waa very persistent. To frighten
, her away he toW friends he had a new
'dame' and uaed my wife to convince Mrs.
Botaer that everything between them was
est.
"I'm glad that affair about my wife's
sitaa being ttnind In aravir" rows has
lei cleared up satisfactorily It was erne
Sa' pair thai had beast due out et her
ndbag elthtr by Mrs. Be'.ser before the
; or In uh as ntaton after the shoot-
It wh shawn that my wife -was wear-
kaethar ya4r when she arrived at the
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right are Samuel H. Paul, who recently returned to this city; Brooke Edwards, who was awarded tho War
Cross for bravery at Verdun, nnd W. Yorko Stevenson, formerly of tho staff of tho Evknino Ledger
News at a Glance
Rome Newspaper Says Warning
Was Proper Reply to Ger
man Chancellor Speech
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ROME, Sept. 80. "A proper reply to
Germany In view of Bethmann-IIollweg'a
speech," was the Olornalo d'ltalla's char
acterlzatlon of David Lloyd George's state
ment that England was determined to carry
the war to a "Knockout,"
All the Italian newspapers joined with
officials In enthusiastic approval ot the
British War Secretary's declarations.
The Lloyd George Interview was Inter
preted here as a special warning to the
United States not to make peace overtures
at the present time. It Is thought possible
this warning was inspired by reports that
Ambassador Gerard was carrying to Wash
ington a request from Germany that Presi
dent Wilson sound out the belligerents on
peace.
At the same time It U believed that Lloyd
George had the Vatican in "mind when he
made his pronouncement.
THIEVING METHODS IMPROVED
Men Saw Hole and Empty Car-Pals
Gather freight
A aealed freight oar which had left Jer
sey CM? for Baltimore laden with small
paekac-ee ot merchandise was found to be
rattling emnty when it reaahad TWrty
swMni and Taakee street last nlafct, -etal
Omeer Jatej Oarrety, ot the HalUnwr
and Ofcto Jtallraad, mad the dlseevery.
Me fauna thM man hWing In the ear.
A haj whtoh had htn hawed through the
ar iar iaateaUd that a few mil rail
rwi traatc Vetwean Philadelphia and Jar
y City had kw JHterad w)th paakag-e.
!Ullra4 nXsnthn sw buatteg ar
iafiars1n nf tea t Mm Oar-afy ar
r tad la Um mr, who fohM aatharad
up the aiaog the traak,
Jdagtatma Harris has held the trio un
dr bail each for ft hearing Tuesday.
They w John t'arabtdiau, ot Bofcton." and
itmm ium and Ifnais apmar, ef (f
FITTHFIKI.11, Mann., Sept. 30. Louts
Talis, Italian laborer, forty years old, shot
his wife nnd killed himself in front of the
Wendell Hotel early today. Tho woman is
likely to die.
rOTTSVII.1.13, Fa., Sept. 30. rire of un
known origin today destroyed tho ma
chinery of the Home Laundry nt Tamnqua.
The loss Is $5000.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The War De
partment nnnounccd this afternoon that
Colonel Francis II. French, of the Army
General Staff, would be chief of a, board of
seen members named to test all makes of
machine guns, with a Ucw to making rec
ommendations for the Government $12,000,
000 machine-gun purchase. Tests are to
begin here on Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. T. Mutton, ot
New York, secretary of tho Committee on
Armenian nnd Syrian Relief, this afternoon
appealed to the Navy Department for use
of a battleship to carry relief supplies to
Armenia and Syria. 1113 request was de
clined. LONDON, Sept. SO. Twenty Norwegian
vessels valued at $5,252,500 were sunk by
mines or tornedoes during September, ac
cording to 'a dispatch from Copenhagen.
The total xalue of Norwegian ships lost
since the outbreak of the war Is given at
$17,500,000. The cargoes are valued at $12,
500,000. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 30. fiold Im
ports from Kurope and Canada that et
may be expected to come Into the United
States wero placed at $400,000,000 by F. J.
II. von Engelken, Director of the Mint,
Washington. D. C, who spoke at the closing
session of the convention of the American
Bankers' Association. He said these figures
had been given to him by financial agents
of the Entente Allies in this country.
LONDON, Sept. 30. The London llally
Chroniclo savs the food prices committee
will recommend a meatless day each week
for every one excepting manual laborers.
It declares retailers are profiting exces
sively. Speed In building new merchantmen
Is urged. The seven committeemen will nlso
recommend public control of tho prices of
home-produced food.
FAIIIH, Sept. 30. (ienrrnl Flerre Giro
don, one ot the most brilliant of the younger
generals brought out by the war, was killed
on the Sotnnio front on September 23. He
was a colonel at the outbreak of hostilities
and was appointed chief ot the Btaff of the
Thirty-first Army Corps, then of the Dalkan
expeditionary force. He was Bhot through
the lung In that expedition and on recovery
was placed In command of the Twelfth In
fantry Division.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The Slate De
partment today received confirmation from
secret service agents in Mexico of the battle
between 250 Villlstas, led by Vlla In per
son, and the Carranza garrison of, 160 men
at Cuslhulrachlc, southwest of Chihuahua
City. The Villlstas were ri ported defeated
by the Carranzlstas, who "retired" after
pursuing the bandits. The number of killed
was not given, and the reported capture of
Haudello Urlbs, bandit leaders was not men
tioned. LONDON, Sept. 30. The American
schooner Matchless, which was taken into
Lerwick from the fishing grounds oft Ice
land, has been released on the Norwegian
consignees ot her cargo of herrings giving
a bond that the fish will not reach the Cen
tral Powers. The schooner Maryland still
Is being held.
OTTAWA, fieut. 30. Thomas White,
Finance Minister of Canada, who has ad
Justed Canada's finances with a new $100,
000,000 loan and arranged an advance of
$50,000,000 to Orcat Britain, Is going to
England.
DAYTON, O,, Sept. JO. W. I. Ohmer,
president of the Recording Computing Ma
chine Company, Is reported to have signed
a contract with the American Can Company
to supply It with ImproVcd Russian Krupp
fuses, thereby enabling It to fulfill shell
contracts with the Allies. It Is believed ho
has atio contracted with the General Elec
tric Company.
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 30. At a plaee
which, can be designated only as "some
where In Ervnt." the British force are es-
Ubllshlng what will be one of the largest
and most completely equipped aviation
fcchools In the world.
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NEW YORK, Sept, 30. A i,000,000
twenty-story addition to the Hotel Wood
ward, Broadway and Fifty-fourth street, la
to be built by Henry Ford for Thomas D.
Green, proprietor' of the hoetelry and preaU
dent of th Hetai Aehuim of New York
pity. The building an the ppod site
ar w being rart.
WAY 0RO8H, Ga Sept. , Falwer
BMttsrth, fourtn y old, at Tanaa.
Ma., la dad today, the, Hrt victim pf foot
ball tM year. Mtevaiu wan faaetiMs-t
what, fc wm''IM ten twa pites n.
WBtT hi teeihar h wa7 yl sWNjh'sa
her.
LONDON, Hwt. 10. I.l0jrd' reports th
sinking of th British steamship Rallua,
lift ton, JU-i UM Norwegian attuht
TRATTA1WE MZIATE
DALLA GRECIA CIRCA
FUTURE CONCESSIONI
II Governo Ellenlco Cerca di
Ottenere Compensi Territoriali
Per il Suo Intervento
nella' Guerra
LA RIVOLTA IN MARCIA
City News in Brief
ItOMA. 30 Scttembre.
Un dispacclo glunto qui dalla Svlzzera
dice che nella Bocmla e' scopplata una
vlolenta rlvolta a causa del prezzl prolbltivl
del vlverl. Non e' posslbllc per ora con-
'trollare la verldlclta' della notllza.
I glornall romanl commentano II dtscorso
del cancclllere tedesco, II quale nfferma che
la Germanla combattera' flno a che avra'
conoegulto la vlttorla, ed un'IntcrvlBta dl
Lloyd George, mlnlstro Inglese della Guerra,
II quale ha dlchlarato che gll alleatl non
accettano nlcun euggerimento dl pace ora
e flno a che eBsl non avranno conseguito
la vlttorla. 11 Olornalo d'ltalla dice che
lo dlchlarazionl dl Lloyd George sono la
plu' appropriata rlsposta nl dlscorso del
cancelllere tedesco.
Telegramml da Zurlgo dlcono che In Ger
manla si attende che la Grecla dlchlarl la
guerra nlla Bulgaria ncl termlno dl 48 ore.
Nel clrcoll politlcl tedeschl non si crede plu"
cho la Grecla possa essere tenuta lontana
dall' dall'uragano della guerra che Impcr
versa ncl proprlo territorlo.
Per ora non si lianno ancora notlzle con-
creto sulla crisl che si e' manlfesatata In
Atent, e si crede cho la censura sla Improv
vlsamente dlvemrta severlsslma dopo un
breve lntcrvallo dl Indulgcnzu. Un dl sapac
clo Invlato da Ateno gloved!' dice che la
corazzata greca Kilkls, gla' ramerlcana
Idaho, ha dlsertato per unlrsl alle forze dl
Vcnlzelos. Pero' II mlnlstro della Marina
nega questo lncldente.
DIspaccI da Londra dlcono cho la Grecla
sta trattando con gll alleatl suite condlzlonl
dell'lntervento, clo e' sul vantaggl terri
torial! che verrebbero asslcuratl alia Grecla
In caso cho questa Intervcnga a favoro
dell'Intesa. Qui a Roma II Messaggcro dlco
che II governo greco ha chlesto al rappre
sentantl delle Potenze allcate se questa eono
ancora dlBpoate a fare alia Qrecla quelle
concession! cho le erano state promesse al
tempo deU'incidente dl Salonlcco. Qualche
tempo fa la Grecla annunclo' l'anncsslo
dell'EpIro settentrlonale, ed allora essa era
In strettl rapportl dl anlclzla e di slmpatla
con la Germanla. L'ltalia e gll alleatl pro
testarono contro questra arinesslone, e per
questa raglone pare che la Grecla vogtla
sapero con cicurezza quello che essa avra.
Intanto ogil si doveva deciders nel con
slgllo del mlnlstrl greel circa l'ultlmatum
da Invlare alia 'Bulgaria, ma nulla si sa
per ora. La rlvoluzlone pero' si estende.
VENIZELOS DIRIGE LA RIVOLTA
Vcnlzelos e' a capo della rlvoluzlone ed
ha pleno controllo delle forzo rlbclll, Tele
gramml da La Canea, Isola dl Creta, dl
cono sta per formarsl un governo prowl
oorlo In forma dl trlumvlrnto, dl cul Venl
zelos e l'ammlragllo Condurlotls saranno
parte prlnclpale ed avranno llberta' dl
scegllere II 'erzo comnonente. Dl un res-
gimento di 2600 uomlnl dl guarnlglone ad
Hracllon soltanto 25 uomlnl rlmasero fedell
al governo dl Atene e furono trasportatl
alia bala dl Suda. Gll altrl si unlrono alia
rlvoluzlone,
Nclle Isole 41 Mltllene e dl Chlo si sono
avute grand I dlmoctra zlonl In favore ijella
rlvolta e drgll alleatl. La popolaztone dcllo
due lsole e' per Vcnlzelos e per gll alleatl.
SULLA FRONTE RUMENA
Mentre l'Austrla e la Bulgaria annuncl
ano sconfltte delle forze rumene operantl
nella Transllvanla e nella Dobrugla, 11
Mlnlstero della Guerra rumeno annuncla
che le forze austrlache nel settore dl Bod
dar. In Transllvanla, si sono rltlrato dopo
essere state battute dalle forze rumene e
lasclando 200 prlglonlerl. A sud dl Her
mannstadt la battaglla oontlnua,
Nella Dobrugla, dice II rapporto ufficiale
rumeno, si sono avutt soltanto combattl
mentl dl pat'uglle Aeroplanl teutonlcl
hanno bmbardato citta' rumene ed alcunl
vlllaggl a sud dl Bucarest e la canitain
istessa, causandovt dannl.
A SAL'ltED CONCERT nnd dance for
the benefit of the Jewish Sheltering Home
will bo given under tho auspices of the
Senior Auxiliary of the homo tomorrow
night In Apollo Hall. Broad street and
Montgomery avenue. The proceeds will bo
devoted to a fund for tho purpoco of re
lieving tho financial burden Incurred ny
tho acquisition of the home. Dr. Herman
K. Coane, president of tho auxiliary, Is
chairman of tho dance committee.
JACK CARDIFF, the "Ilghtlnir evangel
ist," who was "Billy" Sunday's physical
trainer, will conduct ovangellstlo services In
Falrhlll Methodist Episcopal Church during
the next two weeks. The meetings will be
gin tomorrow.
THE REV. IRA EVANS HICKs'nml hU
evangelistic party have been engaged by
tho Northeast Philadelphia Association of
Churches to conduct a union ovangellstlo
campaign In that section of the city, begin
ning October 15. A tabernacle will be
erected at Cheltenham road and Second
Btreet pike. It will accommodate. 1200
people.
SUPERINTENDENT GEORGE LONG, of
xno inasmucn Mission, wjll begin nn evan
gelistic campaign in Allentown, October 8.
Mr. Long will speak at tho mission to
morrow evening on "Tho Comedy and
Tragedy of Religion." In the afternoon,
ho will deliver an address In the Bishop
Nicholson Memorial Reformpd Episcopal
Church, Logan.
GREASE ROILING OVER raued a fire
In the restaurant of Harry Millet, at 2840
Glrard avenue, early today. The damage
was $100.
FINANCIAL REVERSES, the police say,
caused Oottlleb Halter, sixty-threo years
old, 2735 Poplar ntreet, a saloonkeeper, to
attempt Bulcldo by shooting himself In tho
head early today. The Bhot awakened his
wife, who notified tho police. He Is In a
critical condition nt the German Hospital
POISON SWALLOWED, the police nay,
with suicidal Intent on receipt of a lettsr
from her sweetheart in Pittsburgh, caused
clghteen-ycar-old Antilo F03tcr, 217 Morris
Btreet, to bo sent to Mount, Sinai Hospital
In serious condition.
CAMDEN
ICE CREAM, candy, home-made rakes
nnd other "goodlea" are to bo Included at
the "Round Up" of tho Girls' Clubs of Marl
ton, N, J., which will take place tonight.
Thero will be a number ot exhibits and a
demonstration of tho girls' work.
"BREMEN" LIFE BELT
FOUND, BUT IT'S A FAKE
Preserver Floating on Coast, In
dicating Loss of Submarine,
Work of Jokers
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
OPENS SOCCER SEASON
Electric Storage Meets Foster
Team Three New Clubs
in Circuit
Another sport butts In on tho rhlllle
Brooklyn clash for tho National League
pennant todayto wit, soccer, sometimes
called association football. It Is called
other thingsvery unflattering things, too
by reporters assigned to cover gnmes
played "somewhere In Kensington" on bit
terly cold Saturday afternoons In the mid
dlo of winter.
Although sundry games wero played last
Saturday, this afternoon Is tho real open
ing dny Tho Industrial League, now the
"big league" In local soccer, starts Its
schedule this afternoon with five games.
Throo new teams were ndmltted to the cir
cuit last week, and this year ten clubs
will fight for the chamnlonshlp now held
by the Electrlo Storage Battery eleven. Tho
new clubs are the Wolfenden-Shore Com
pany, formerly the old Cardlngton team
6t tho Allied and United Leagues, tho
V. O. I and American Pulley Company.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
Electrlo Htorage Battery vs. J. It. Foster
Company, nt Chelten avenue nnd Magnolia
street. Referee, C. Ward.
David Lupton's Sons' Company vs. Stand
ard Roller Bearing Company, at Tulip
street nnd Allegheny avenue. Referee,' J,
Shaw.
American Tulley Company vs. U. G. I.,
at 4200 Wlssahlckott avenue. Referee, R.
Scott.
Wotfcndcn-Shore Company vs. Martex
Towel Company, nt Cardlngton. Referee,
II. Bamford.
Hohlfold Company vs. Cresson-Morrls
Company, at Summordale. Referee, D.
Oatcs.
CLUB OAME
Hibernians vs. Feltonvitle, at Rising Sun
lano and Wyoming avenue.. Referee, W.
K. Hinds.
WILSON INVITES YOUNG
MEN TO ENROLL WITH v
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Will Speak at Shadow Lawn
This Afternoon to 2000
Members of League
of Clubs
QUESTIONS FOR HUGHES
Dy ROBERT J. DENDER
United TrcM Start CorrMpondMit
ASBURY PA1MC, N J.. Sept JO-P.
:r-"- "' iwui.jr mil nona a, call ir,
the young men of tho country to join th
Democratic! party
in the
TWO VETERAN FIREMEN
RETIRE FROM SERVICE
Capt. C. S. Deegan, of Engine
28, and Ladderman J. P.
McKinley Quit
AVILLIAM N. STUART
Justice ' of Pttaee of Glenoids! and
Former Resident of
Philadelphia
William -N, kuart, ot Olenolden, a jus
tlce of the peaee tinea last November, died
thl morning it his home after an UlnwM
ot six week. Mr. Stuart was sixty-nine
year old and had been a resident ot Glen
uMft slBoa 100, before which time h
llvd hi Philadelphia Ha m a wwrnber
.of th aienoWea Ccwtlo) Ckuroh
'and formerly ot Btfcny Cbwok, .
Mr, Stuart is survived by hl widow, six
children, Jare, William, Jr John, T, Ray
uiond. George and 'Mary Stuart, and seven
grandchildren. Funeral aervtoea will be
kolrf Wedtveaday afternoon ( tae resldenoa,
urtal will be a Um Abingtoa Ceatetcry
PORTLAND. Me.. Sept. 30. A Zeppelin
bomb would havo caused but llttlo more
excitement than did the finding ot a life
preserver marked "firemen1 on tho shore
of Cape Kllzabeth by fourteen-year-old
Frederick Lelghton,
Frederick was calmly paddling It home
when bystanders shouted the name. Offers
to buy the canvas ring frightened Freder
ick so that ho ran to Fort Williams'.
There an examination showed that It was
undoubtedly a clever fake made up by sen
sation seekers. Llttlo stock is placed In its
being from the missing German sub
mersible. Each side bore the name "Bremen," a
German coat-of-arms and the words
"Bchutxrriark" (trademark). It was stated
no North German Lloyd liners carry the
name of the vessel on lifebelts and that
a close examination revealed signs that it
was a fake,
At roll-call this morning two of the city's
ablest firemen resigned from tho department
with which they have been connected for
more than twenty years.
Captain Cornelius S. Deegan. of Knslne
"28," Belgrade nnd Commissioner streets,
lined his men up and they were Inspected
by him for tho last time, and Ladderman
Jacob P. MoKlnley. of Truck "10," Clear
field street east of Frankford avenue,' stood
In line and was Inspected by his captain
for the last time.
Captain Deegan was appointed to the fire
department March 9, 1895, when Edwin S.
Stuart was Mayor. He was a ladderman
nnd later was made lieutenant of Truck 3,
at .Second nnd Norrls streets, and was
mado captain June 14, 1914, and shortly
afterward came to his latest station, En
gine 28. In all his twenty-two years of
service ho never lost a day becauso of In
juries received while fighting fires. Cap
tain Deegan Intendts to "tako It easy" for
the winter, and he says that If some good
Job turn's up next Bprlng he may accept It.
McKinley, though not In the service quite
so long as Captain Deegan, being appointed
May 13, 189G, has had a strenuous career,
being seriously hurt on three different oc
casions vvhllo fighting fires, and receiving
numerous minor Injuries. His father, re
tired now, was captain of a fire company
near his boyhood home, 1420 East Susque
hanna avenue, and It was while thero that
the then young McKinley first thought of
following In his father's footsteps.
Tho elder man Is now 72 years old and
lives with his son at their old home, and
It Is their great delight to argue on tho
merits ot the department, what It was and
what it is now.
The men of his company will give the
retiring ladderman a farewell supper tonight.
INSANE, FRIENDLESS;
EVEN JAIL BARS HIM
Italian, Convicted in Wisconsin,
on Hands of U. S. De
partment of Justice
WEDDED FIFTY YEARS f
Mr. and Mrs, George Ramspacher Will
Observe Event Tomorrow
Mr. and Mrs. George Ramspacher, 610
South Forty-eighth street, will celebrate
their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow
with their eight children and fifteen grand
children, all of Philadelphia.
Mr. Itamseacher came to this city from
eight years ago from Alsace-Lorraine, which
was then under the French government,
He established, a baiting business, whtch
he sonducted until seven years ago at 208
Do Lanoey street Mrs. Ramspacher la a
native ft Philadelphia.
OW Ht4 Destroyed by Vlh v
HIGHLAND. N-, 3., Sk . liael
Norjwmdle-by-tha-lea. on t"Wt r
sort e tta New Jersey ppaat, tk -tlnie
MUMewr lw4tiuart4ra irf tavld 9, W, waa
deatrvyed by J Ut 4tfM. ft U m
unoccupied for two year. It we owned
by JSdward JStpJtwbury, of. New York, who
bought It from the late yerdlnand P, Karla
twelve yeara 80, Two cottages near the
hoUL tM property ot Mrs. Karl, wf
aUcbliy daaaV
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. A man with
out friends, home or country; whose pres
ent abode the violent ward of an Insane
nsylum Is begrudged him I
Ernest Angellni. born In Italy, was sen
tenced In Wisconsin to servo a year nt Fort
Leavenworth Penitentiary for using the
malls to defraud. Two weeks before his
sentence expired he became violently Insane
over the proepect of liberty. Officials put
him under observation. He became vvoise.
They obtained an order for his detention,
but they waited two days after his sentence
had expired before they sent him to the
Insane asylum here.
When Angellni arrived It was found he
was detained Illegally. The Department of
Justice decided he couldn't bo held. Hut
there was no place to send him. He has
no friends; no relatives; no home. It was
decided to have the District of Columbia
take care ot htm and pay for his board.
The District refused.
Department of Juatlco omdals decided he
must be sent either to Wisconsin, where
he wus convicted; to Fort Leavenworth
Penitentiary, where he became Insane, or
turned loose,
In n speech nt Shadow Tj, v. .. .,
ercd to 2000 representatives of the VounJ
Men s League of Democratic Clubi the Pr..
Ident will define what he believes are the.
real Irsues of the campaign. Upon th.
ssues nnd the Administration's record hti
handling them, he Will bare his appeal for
substantial support from that voting elemin'
representing the rising business men of
the land. wl
Tho United rrc i able to outline
authoritatively nnd In detail on what basis,
the President hellovcs he should be returned
to office.
He holds that slnco the Administration!
of Abraham Lincoln the Republican party
has been provincial. It has. timmi.
speaking, believed In closing up America
and having a good time Inside
On the other hand, the'Democratlc nartrl
the President will atteritpt to show, his
looked outside tho houee In which the1
United States Is inclosed has seen therei
the tremendous world trado awaiting at
our doors and has acted properly to meet'
that market.
By Implication, If not by direct lntcrroga
Hon, tho President may be expected In hlsl
addrosscs of tho next few weeks to ask th
Republican candldato what ho would do,
In case of his election, to change the foun
dations nlready laid for this trade.
Tho President believes he has estab
lished n policy of international Intercourse,
any chango in which might prove of vital
consequence to tho future peace of the
nation. By Implication, If not by direct,
questions, he may be expected soon to aak
the Republican nominee as to what changes
his party would make In the foreign policy.
In tho President's opinion his Adminis
tration Is an "open book," requiring no ex
ploitation because It Bpcalo for Itself.
He believes, however, that the people, It
they aro asked to denounce his policies, are
entitled to specific information from Hughes
as to what the Republican party would do
should It be placed In power what would
bo its definite, changes In (ho tariff, what
would be Its policy toward Mexico, how
would It act In tho Mexican Imbroglio and
what would It do with the Adamson eight
hour law?
Not what would tho Republican party
have done, but what would It suggest doing
now Is what the President will ask. Until
these answers are given the President nay
be expected merely to explain what he
hopes his Administration may accompltih
through Its nctB not to dwell at length
on the achievements themselves.
The attitude of the Administration to
ward business has been ono of assistance
and the result unprecedented prosperity, the
President means t show. No war, bigger
pay nnd Increased opportunities are the
facts before the country now, he believes
nnd he will put It up to tut political oppo
nents to show how they would change this
situation.
As for tho results of the coming election,
the President at this time makes no pre
diction. He believes there aro many ele
ments going to mnke the outcome uncer
tain. The Independent vote, which, In his
estimation, will bo the greatest tho country
has over known, has the situation in its
hands.
This portion of the electorate he feels I
well able to judge the real Issues ot the
campaign and render a -satiufactory deci
sion. One thing la certain and that Is that the
President doesn't count that part ot the
German vote which, he believes. Is trying to
Intimidate him by Its activities In the dlf
ferent local elections held to date. In re
rponse to a message of warning against
"pro-English policies," sent him by J. O.
Leary, president of the American Truth So
clety, the President sent the, following tele
gram last night:
"Your telegram received. I feel deeply
mortified to have you or anybody like you
vote for me. Since you have access to many
d'sloyal Americans and I have not. I will
ask you to convey this message to them."
President Cleveland's Aid Dies
KINGSTON. N. V Sept 30. Isaac N.
Cox, oppolnte'd chairman of the commis
sion to Investigate the Northern Paclfla
Railroad In 1880 by President Cleveland,
and a member of Congress In 1891-2 from
the Twenty-seventh New York District,
died at his home In Ellenvllle last night.
He was keventy years old.
TOO I.ATE Vtm CLARIFICATION
IIKATIIB .. .
IIKMI'LE 8ept. iMI. at Palmyra. J.V j
.Tnsni'lf. Iiuibsnd of Anna I, llerople.. !
T.w "". i 1. t ... m fAtrm I
tlvei' ftni frlonds. Convenant Lodie. No. 161.
IV and A. !.. nnd nil other .seclefles of yW'h
(, whs a inembjr are,. Invited J? 'n,4 'M
iitton nv. Int. at IfHrley Cm ,Jfl t
Markol Ht. Ferry for Palmyra at P30..
'PIN, Stpt -JS. at Scotch Plaint, N. ) i
funerul aervloea, Hon., 2 p, m ,
WuaMnition
lntira
UltlKl
flVlinnVa'IedbO" Funeral' services, st Scotch u
Plalna lluptut Church, Bun., ucu i. p. "- m
Int. Ml. Morlah Cem., on arrival of "( k
1). and CI. Htatton, 21th and Cheatnut "t
Alan., I" si a. m.
PERSONALS
CAUTION NOtTcB All ,pron are Iwtbji
1)1,....A i.i h.rhnrlnr ar Iruatlns anr 01 !4
tit crew ot th French H. B, VIMe de Tama-
lave, irom aiareemca. triw - "".jl .
mailer, na nu debta of their conttacttar
bm raid by the miller, conslsnees or b Eara
Line Btcamaliln Co., aeenta, 482 Dullttt PlM.
"I'M INNOCENT" CRIES HANKER
ACCUSED OF SLAYING WIFE
CoUplo Carried $20,000 Insurance, Pay
able to Whichever Survived ,
MOUNTAIN VIEW. N IL. Sept. 30. A
charge ot first-degree murder was preferred
against Frederick C Bmall, the Boston
bunker, whose wife's body was found In the
charred ruins of the Kmall summer cottige
At Lake Osslpee, when he was unsigned
today. He was held without ball and sent
to Osalpeo Jail. Medical Kxamlner B.
Prank Horns, who conducted the autopsy,
found a bullet wound in the woman's right
cheek, a Window cord knotted tightly about
her neck and eeteral wounds caused by
nuiiiu uiuiiL iiirirumrni, propaoiy a Dlllet Of
wood. An Invcstlgalon of the ruins today
showed that ail doors of the cottage were
locked when the fire started.
mall wept bitterly when he learned that
tho murder charge bad been preferred,
"I am Innocent," he cried, "i was not
the last person to see my wife alive."
Tho police, before making the arrest,
learned that Small and his wife had car
ried b, Joint Insurance policy for uo 090
payable to whichever outlived the other'
One premium of $1107 had been paid,
ttonall has offered a reward of liow for
the opprafcenaton of the slayer,
I'roWMUofiiflts Invade Ksmii
QARDRN CITY, Kas, ft.pt. so.-t-Ir.
vtutlHg another "dry" state In tr g
arouua tha country, J, yrai Waaler.
PrtWUon candidate for hteedl. aid
Ma numlwg mate. Dr. Ira j, ijttHHr to
day baot their efforts to aiding Howard K.
Xlreohner. a Prohibition candidate for Con
areao. from the TblrUenth district, and
probable wlnnar Nln stpns are achrii.i,i
.&teji
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HELP WANTKI MALE .
YOIINOMAN. about 18. order and ablppiM
clerk! load op.i ref. read. M. 117. Led Ltt-
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cullcnl Chan" for advancemenii
ratUIUtl ;
high arboo,
kbit. 1'bUa.
Uimery Co , uniarw ana v ,- ,
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training- education dealrabl. ""'
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